So far ax we can gather from the personal letters that have been shown us, the impression ix growing in England and America that conditions here have easily improved, that if traders and missionaries had any real 2 in their work they could return to the interior and resume where they left off, and that there ix really no need at all for the defence forces of several nationalities in Shanghai and Tientsin, This impression has spread rapidly and widely, and it would probably do us very little good to try to counteract it, 'Material like the Hankow residents' re: solutions will probably be cast acide as the whinings of a little group of disgruntled taipans who are now so busy keeping business alive under stimulating—diflifeuties that they have less time to devote to ponies and club hi conversations and are, therefor peevish, The recrudescence of Bolshevism in Kuangtung will be diagnosed as one of China normal growing pains. Piraciex in or about Biss Bay, wars in the north in which a dozen batteries of six-inch howitzers take part, litle misunderstand: ings between the devotees of the Three Principles in Hankow a Nanking are nothing but incid-lents to China's great "awakening" as it is envisaged abroad.
We cannot afford to resist wagers, but we are convinced that as this view of the Chi situation rows, the defence forces will gradually be reduced until we ave back where we were year azo—on our own resources and it will probably be feel lent thing for us. As soon jwe are in this position we shall Ibe subjected to fresh assaults from the native patriot. Ie will see at once his opportunity to repudiate a few more clauses in {the "unequal treaties," to throw off what Dr. Sun calls economic egression, meaning thereby ordinary international trade, to prove once more the inestimfable superiority of China's ancient civilization. This will use be wood for us. If we cannot jweathor our own storm we are not really worthy to float. have asked this community mans
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